I always think of Mark Twain: http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/making/warprayer.html
"O Lord our God, help us to tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells; help us to cover their smiling fields with the pale forms of their patriot dead; help us to drown the thunder of the guns with the shrieks of their wounded, writhing in pain; help us to lay waste their humble homes with a hurricane of fire; ..."

And it makes me wonder why they can't see the lack of difference between themselves and the rest of the god people...

Our Chief of police will be there - I knew of a guy who got put into the jail out here for stalking, but prayed with the head of the prison and got out early. Seems backwards - the prisons are full of Christians - just ask them.

Zach Wamp was the Cocaine user who promised he'd not run for reelection 'cause he hated career politicians, and then once he was in decided that leaving on principle would leave so much of his work undone. The sad part is that I seem to remember voting for him, knowing all this, to keep his opponent out.

Ziffle, I don't quite know how to keep people's private lives separate from their professional ones. However, it seems to me that in most employment situations, standing in a stadium espousing, say, my views on drug legalization, and doing so while presenting myself as an employee of some company, would have me in the office of the HR person shortly. It's fine if he wants to preypray there, but to do so as Chief of Police and not have this lead to angry letters to the editor speaks of a culture which is not one I want to inhabit.

I don't know that Zack and Jimmie are doing this as Congressman and Chief of Police. I think that anytime you have a prominent community leader involved in this sort of thing as an individual they will automatically be associated with their public roll by any media outlet that reports on the event.

Larry, what appears to be as close to an official "Fillin' Finley" web page I can find lists his title. I was always very careful when working at Pixar, where the name of the company far outshone my own reputation, that I was not speaking as a representative of the organization. I'd think someone involved in the police would be extra sensitive to this.

Zack, I have another cause you can be of help with. Why are the people in Nursing Homes not allowed to have some amount of Life Insurance that can be Item D deducted? They can have any amount of medical insurance or additional suppliments they want. WHEN THE TIME COMES, SOMEONE WILL HAVE TO PAY TO PUT THEM AWAY! I know they should not be allowed to have an outragous amount, just enough to put them away. CAN YOU HELP?
Jim Harrison,Soddy Daisy
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